#CDAF42#CDAF42

#CDAF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.130 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAF42
RGB	rgb(205, 175, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -1.10, 57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 57.72, 91.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.008 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.13 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4923, 44.0347, 11.4673)
Luminance	0.4403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAF42 #4260CD

analogous

#CD6942 #CDAF42 #A6CD42

triadic

#CDAF42 #42CDAF #AF42CD

tetradic

#CDAF42 #42CD69 #4260CD #CD42A6

square

#CDAF42 #42CD69 #4260CD #CD42A6

split-complementary

#CDAF42 #42A6CD #6942CD

monochromatic

#76631F #A68C2C #CDAF42 #DAC372 #E7D8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CDAF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#CDAF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAF42

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAF42	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 175, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.130 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c67c',
    500: '#cdaf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaf42;
$custom-light: #e0c67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.05,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76049,
    "c": 0.13015,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAF42

secondary

#97A4D3

accent

#68E146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAF42

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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